AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 42
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南太战场,澳洲水面舰队突袭特瑞布港口,与日军快速运输舰队遭遇,然而盟军拙劣的夜战水平使得损失1艘DD受创1艘CL,却未对日军舰队造成实质性伤害;天亮后,腊包尔飞来的裸奔陆攻空袭退回莫港直掩圈的澳洲水面舰队,在被击落数十架后,仅3架突防,但恐怖的日军妖人仍然命中CL一雷;事后从战报统计中发现,日军陆航损失陆攻50架8 q, v: V: g, d' \
大陆战场,国军第60军一部在云贵高原野地拦截了派遣军企图迂回贵阳的第11战车联队& l, v7 v7 j2 j* O* {
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! v7 A" H6 X$ m# JNight Time Surface Combat, near Terapo at 96,127, Range 8,000 Yards
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CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
& x# |' s& v4 J9 L9 V: U. [! `/ Y CM Tokiwa
8 @0 Z; Q: T- H5 g3 t% I) A3 e6 z/ O5 H CM Okinoshima, Shell hits 2, on fire
, d6 K6 M; t4 P; Q# m/ B7 w! \5 H8 M2 a9 d CL Noshiro
+ {. B. G' u( g2 l CL Abukuma5 ?; U: `" d3 x, N! c& T8 w0 `3 D% Y& {
CL Yubari, Shell hits 4, on fire4 ^2 b( g7 [7 Q/ s9 @$ K
DD Urakaze
6 ]: B, K! c L; `0 w2 x' w DD Hamakaze. n' x/ [- ~- h
DD Hatakaze
( _! X8 h0 D: i DD Yunagi- z3 z. [/ l1 z0 R- o6 U$ y
DMS W-9
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CA Louisville& P# g; X8 {0 ^' P
CA Pensacola
% d0 P. {# q& F3 y+ y; b CA Australia, Shell hits 2
0 z" F: a4 |" |* e3 u# }, Y CA Canberra, Shell hits 1
: u( _! G: P- e9 u0 \/ s5 z/ n CL Leander, Shell hits 1
% J& b# o" d% ^ G; U5 E3 w2 ? CL Achilles, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
3 P U, n" P: A; ]- a8 d: v CL Perth: y% |% o% U: j( ^; Y, x" K7 T
CL Concord
, e Z4 c: m, ]( E! w2 B DD Stuart
. a. m- w3 E& h- k% b& Q DD Voyager
W5 Y7 E7 U2 n1 j* q9 |5 J- j DD Van Ghent
% p, l; P0 F' \9 s1 {* S DD Thracian+ K4 i7 w3 \2 ~! p- ~9 p! c
DD Crane, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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DD La Triomphant) t' v6 }- M- k; r; s: F
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1306 _1 S, k4 z$ N3 x5 Z+ Z+ F. d
1 Y/ `# K/ d( v# L A7 }Weather in hex: Clear sky
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. @$ b. E& u! w% @Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.' W! Z; ?& Z$ I8 y! F( ~8 _5 \
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes7 b+ n. y, K" A; q5 I1 i5 b
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5 [- F: c# U ?Allied aircraft2 z! u: A7 f% q. k
Kittyhawk IA x 16; J/ b$ \1 B- ]
P-40B Warhawk x 175 }+ }) ^4 w6 i/ ~1 @# w7 S
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Japanese aircraft losses6 d3 x0 [' W) ~8 T8 m6 H; k3 i8 y7 O) i
G4M1 Betty: 16 destroyed9 g+ j; f4 }* \' z
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No Allied losses* D1 t7 G5 N" f* S
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Allied Ships
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- o7 L( a, ^0 g R+ C+ e5 m CL Achilles, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage |